Health Care Services

MEDI-CAL

What is Medi-Cal?

Medi-Cal is California’s Medicaid Program. This is a public health insurance program that provides needed health care services for low-income people including families with children, seniors, persons with disabilities, foster care, pregnant women, and low income people with specific disease such as tuberculosis, breast cancer or HIV/AIDs.

To Contact the Medi-Cal office in El Dorado County:Call (530) 642-7300 in Placerville or (530) 573-3200 in South Lake Tahoe

Who Qualifies for Medi-Cal?

Families of any size are eligible if they meet income guidelines. The following persons may be eligible:

Children under 21 years of age

Persons 65 years of age and older

Disabled and blind persons

Pregnant women

Low-income adults between the ages of 19-64

Families where at least one child is under 21 and at least one parent is absent, disabled, unemployed or working (depending on hours worked and income earned)

Anyone who is eligible for CalWORKS; Supplemental Security Income and State Supplemental Program (SSI/SSP); Entrant or Refugee Cash Assistance (ECA or RCA); or In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)